Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
Originally posted by blizzuntz:
Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
Originally posted by blizzuntz:
Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
Originally posted by TonyStarks:
Originally posted by GoreGoreGore:
I like how people think that modern day QBs, like Pat, who's 6'4 230, would be more injury prone in the 80s going up LBs/DEs that most were smaller than him.
How do you people even rationalize these things ????
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dude barely got touched and was writhing in dramatic pain.
This idea that human beings have evolved since the 80s to be bigger, stronger, faster.. uh evolution doesn't work quite that fast yo
The ideal body types for each position has changed since the 80s .
Talk to Bill B about the 80s. Giants had Lawrence Taylor, Marshall, Reasons, Banks, Pepper Johnson. These guys were all 6'3 and up and 240 and up. So think Fred Warner and go slightly bigger. Lawrence Taylor hit Joe Theismann so hard that he was an inch or two shorter after the hit. What are we even talking about here? Do we not know about the Bears of 85 and the Fridge. Dude was 350 at times. I hear this all the time that a decade back everyone was slower, weaker, smaller. Not true folks.
In the 1920s, the average offensive lineman was 6-foot-0, 211 pounds.
In the 1930s, the average offensive lineman was 6-foot-1, 220 pounds.
In the 1940s, the average offensive lineman was 6-foot-1, 221 pounds.
In the 1950s, the average offensive lineman was 6-foot-2, 234 pounds.
In the 1960s, the average offensive lineman was 6-foot-3, 251 pounds.
In the 1970s, the average offensive lineman was 6-foot-3, 255 pounds.
In the 1980s, the average offensive lineman was 6-foot-4, 272 pounds.
In the 1990s, the average offensive lineman was 6-foot-4, 300 pounds.
In the 2000s, the average offensive lineman was 6-foot-4, 313 pounds.
In 2011, the average offensive lineman is 6-foot-5, 310 pounds.
We are talking defenders lol.
Pretty simple , look up the weight of DL linemen on any team and compare them to todays teams.
niners in 1980 had starting DTs in 260s and the 2 DEs were 240s and 250s
Kinlaw is 319 and Armstead is 290, Givens is 285 .
find me one team in 1980 with a similar size at DT
